Ethelred II the Redeless King of ENGLAND, HRH

Birth:
Abt 968
Wessex, England
Death:
23 Apr 1016
London, Middlesex, England
Burial:
Abt Apr 1016
St. Paul's, London, England
Marriage:
Abt 985
of Wessex, England
Notes:
                   	2  GIVN Aethelred II "The Redless" King of
	2  SURN ENGLAND


Event: Ruled 978-1013, 1014-1016
Note:
Aethelred, one of the most hated kings of England, inherited the throne when he was ten years old. His name comes from the Anglo Saxon name for him, Unraed, which means evil-counseled, or uncounseled, and was a pun on his name. Later generations, after the language had changed, produced the pun we have here.
He was supposed to be licentious and mean.
He was not ready for the Danes to renew their attack. They had been pretty docile since Alfred, the Great. He lost all of England. His son Edmund II Ironside, briefly recovered some of it, but then King Canute (and 2 other Danish kings) took over until Aethelred's other son, Edward the Confessor, regained the throne--only to lose it in the next generation to William the Conqueror.
Aka, The Unready. Also born 958. King of England from 978 to 1016.His reign
coincided with the height of the Danish raiding and plundering.
Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
The English House of Wessex; Including Danes and Norman descent, apart of
Bloodline of the Holy Grail, by Laurence Gardner (1996) page(s) 416;ISBN
1-85230-870-2.
King of England 969-1016. Known as the Redeless.  The internet
site British History  says that he ruled 968/1016.  He
suceeded to the throne after the murder of his half brother,
Edward II, The Martyr, at the age of ten.  His reign was plagued
by poor advice from his personal favorites and suspicions of his
complicity in Edward's murder.  His was a long and rather
ineffective reign which was notable for little other han the
payment of the Danegeld, an attempt to buy off the Viking
invaders with money.
See Note Page
Eric Delderfield:
Ethelred the Unready's reign was beset by a renewal of Viking raids, of a ferocity unknown since Alfred's time.  Powerless to defeat the invaders, Ethelred resorted to buying off the Danes with silver (Danegold), which only encouraged further raids.  On St. Brice's Day, 13 November 1002, he ordered a massacre of the Danes resident in England, a treachery  prompting a retaliatory invasion the following year under Sweyn, son of the Danish king.  Sweyn's military successes so eroded support for Ethelred that he could no longer rely upon the nobility or the army, compelling him to flee to Normandy in 1013. (In 1002 he had established the first link with Normandy by marrying Duke Richard's daughter Emma.)  Sweyn's death in 1014 enabled Ethelred to return, but he was deprived of half the kingdom by his son Edmund, who made himself ruler in Danelaw.  Ethelred died in London in 1016.
Facts about this person:
Record Change  October 25, 1999
Burial    1016
London, England
Elfreda (Elfgiva) GUNNARSSON, QUEEN OF ENGLAND HRH
Birth:
Abt 968
Wessex, England
Death:
1003
Father:
Ealdorman Thored GUNNARSSON, EALDERMAN OF DIERA
Mother:
Sources:
TITLE
Notes:
                   Aka, Aelflaed.
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Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
The English House of Wessex; Including Danes and Norman descent, apart of
Bloodline of the Holy Grail, by Laurence Gardner (1996) page(s) 416;ISBN
1-85230-870-2.
The was the daughter of Thored (or Torin).
Children
Marriage
1
Athelstan Prince of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 986
of Wessex, England
Death:
1016
England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
2
Egbert II Prince of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 988
of Wessex, England
Death:
Abt 1005
England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Sources include but are not limited to;
Ancestral File a system developed and owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
3
Edred Prince of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 990
of Wessex, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
Notes:
                   Aka, Alfgifu.
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Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
5
Edwig Prince of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 991
of Wessex, England
Death:
1017
England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
6
Edmund III Edward III Ironside Prince of England King of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 994
of Wessex, England
Death:
30 Nov 1016
Oxfordshire, England
Ealdgyth Algitha of Mercia Queen of ENGLAND, HRHLADY 
Marr:
Abt Aug 1015
London, Middlesex, England 
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
He ruled 6 months. He was called Ironsides because he fought so hardagainst
the Danish King, Canute.
Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
The English House of Wessex; Including Danes and Norman descent, apart of
Bloodline of the Holy Grail, by Laurence Gardner (1996) page(s) 416;ISBN
1-85230-870-2.
BIOGRAPHY:  King of England 1016.  Known as Edmund Ironside. His
wife was a sister of Ealdorman Aedric Streona of Mercia
He ruled 1016.  He was King of England only for a few months.
After the death of his father he led the defense of the city of
London against the invading Knute Sveinsson and was proclaimed
king by the Londoners.
See Note Page
BIOGRAPHY
Eric Delderfield:
Upon the death of his father... Edmund Ironside was chosen king by the Londoners.  The Witan in Southampton had other ideas, and elected a Dane - Knut, the son of Sweyn.  After a series of battles, and despite the victory of Knut at Ashingdon in Essex, a compromise was reached whereby Knut would rule Mercia and Northumbria, while Edmund would hold Wessex; the survivor would succeed to the whole. Knut did not have to wait long; within a few weeks Edmund was dead, and his sons had fled to Hungary.
Facts about this person:
Record Change  October 26, 1999
7
Edgar Prince of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 996
of Wessex, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
Notes:
                   	2  GIVN Ã[dagger]lfgifu Elgiva of
	2  SURN NORTHUMBRIA


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Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
9
Edith II Princess of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 997
of Wessex, England
Death:
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
10
Wulfhild Princess of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 999
of Wessex, England
Death:
Notes:
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Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
11
daughter Queen of RINGMERE, HRH
Birth:
Abt 1000
of Wessex, England
Death:
Athelstan King of RINGMERE, HRH 
Marr:
Abt 1021
of Wessex, England 
Notes:
                   Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
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Ethelred II the Redeless King of England, Hrh - Elfreda (Elfgiva) Gunnarsson, Queen of England Hrh

Ethelred II the Redeless King of England, Hrh was born at Wessex, England Abt 968. His parents were Edgar I the Peaceable King of England, Hrh and Ethelflaed Ealdorman Queen of England, Hrh.

He married Elfreda (Elfgiva) Gunnarsson, Queen of England Hrh Abt 985 at of Wessex, England . Elfreda (Elfgiva) Gunnarsson, Queen of England Hrh was born at Wessex, England Abt 968 daughter of Ealdorman Thored Gunnarsson, Ealderman of Diera and .

They were the parents of 11 children:
Athelstan Prince of England, Hrh born Abt 986.
Egbert II Prince of England, Hrh born Abt 988.
Edred Prince of England, Hrh born Abt 990.
Elgiva II Princess of England, Hrh born Abt 990.
Edwig Prince of England, Hrh born Abt 991.
Edmund III Edward III Ironside Prince of England King of England, Hrh born Abt 994.
Edgar Prince of England, Hrh born Abt 996.
Elfgifu Princess of Saxewessex, Princess of EnglandHRH born 997.
Edith II Princess of England, Hrh born Abt 997.
Wulfhild Princess of England, Hrh born Abt 999.
daughter Queen of Ringmere, Hrh born Abt 1000.

Ethelred II the Redeless King of England, Hrh died 23 Apr 1016 at London, Middlesex, England .

Elfreda (Elfgiva) Gunnarsson, Queen of England Hrh died 1003 .